Northern Virginia

PHOTOS: The Various Obama Visits To Annandale, Va.

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.13.2012

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WASHINGTON -- President Obama visited Northern Virginia Community College in suburban Annandale on Monday morning, unveiling his fiscal 2013 budget pr...

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The Have a Heart Project at Workhouse Arts Center

John Gascot | Posted 03.26.2012

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John Gascot

We believe that art is a strong vehicle for social change. In our front gallery stands an "Empty Kitchen" installation and we challenge the community to help us fill it.

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Photo Exhibition Brings NoVa Gothic To Artisphere (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Posted 03.26.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Everitt Clark's black and white photos of Northern Virginia, going on view at Artisphere, will make you see Northern Virginia's suburbs ...

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In Local Races, Democrats Fare Well In Arlington, Fairfax

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.08.2012

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WASHINGTON -- While all eyes watching the final results in the Virginia Senate, voters in Northern Virginia decided a variety of local races at the po...

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Saki Knafo

What the Government Shutdown Means On The (Very) Local Level

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 06.08.2011

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This story was reported in collaboration with our partners at Patch.com. As politicians in Washington fought over proposed cuts to the federal bud...

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Census Bureau Survey Draws Attention to Need for More Proactive Multicultural Approach

Louis Provenzano | Posted 05.25.2011

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Louis Provenzano

The release this past week of the Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) makes it clear that America's ethnic makeup is changing much quicker...

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The Ceremony of Forgetting: Appomattox

Michael Kaplan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Kaplan

The sad pageant of Lee's surrender marked the passing of a way of life founded, not "ultimately," but intimately and immediately, on the unpaid labor of a third of the South's population.

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